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Feb 4, 2024
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Kathryn Barbash, PsyD
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Reading with Others
Cultivating a culture of reading at home and beyond
Jan 12
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Your 2026 Reading Life
#Readinggoals
Jan 5
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Don't Change this New Year
Ask some questions instead
Dec 29, 2025
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Kathryn Barbash, PsyD
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For the Love of 2025
Books+Reading Moments+Things Done
Dec 22, 2025
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Playgroups Are Dead
Mar 31, 2025
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Kathryn Barbash, PsyD
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Ashley Fenker
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Beverly Cleary as a Parenting Influencer
Jul 8, 2024
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Tired Parents Can't Meditate on a Mountaintop
Jan 22, 2024
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Moms Don't Have Time for Physical Therapy
Mar 24, 2025
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It's the Holidays, So Someone Must Be Sick
Sometimes the present moment sucks
Dec 15, 2025
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Kathryn Barbash, PsyD
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Give a Book and Eat a Cookie...
A grand collection of books for giving + receiving, along with tasty treats for all!
Dec 8, 2025
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Why I Write "Watch TV" in My Planner
And other quirks on caring for a self
Dec 1, 2025
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Kathryn Barbash, PsyD
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For the Love of November
Making your own magic + enchanting links and recs
Nov 24, 2025
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Kathryn Barbash, PsyD
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The Loneliness of Being the Perfect Parent
For all of the perfectionists who become parents
Nov 17, 2025
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Reading for the Season
Seasonal reading: yes or no?
Nov 10, 2025
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Winter Forecast: Dread...or Maybe Not?
The book about helping change your winter mindset
Nov 3, 2025
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